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let me say a word about my present life. I remain extremely active in every phase of my career. Here is a summary of the week during which I wrote these words. The week of November 13 through November 20
Jr. viewed the role of the lawyer as a predictor of future legal decisions and trends. 110 But the Talmud cautioned that prophecy ended with the destruction of the second temple and that he/she who tries to prophecy the future is either a f...
especially in light of my undistinguished elementary and high school performance
the United Nations fiddled on about the imperfections of the United States
if the body’s failure to stop suffering was not so serious and not so real. The UN could have intervened more quickly and vigorously and saved millions of lives in Cambodia
but it is certainly a contributing factor. Like all institutions
the international community has turned a blind eye as genocides across the globe claimed millions of innocent lives. Cambodia
I finally persuaded Netanyahu that if I accepted the position
it must prioritize the use of its resources. “The worst first” must be its governing criteria. The “worst” has two major components. First and foremost is the nature and scope of the human wrongs: genocide
I wondered what my mentor Arthur Goldberg
neutral standard of human rights? Have human rights now become the permanent weapon of choice for those who practice human wrongs? For shame. For shame.
a history which tragically persists to this day
UN. That building dedicated in theory to peace has facilitated terrorism
but were told to go to a special room where we could watch and listen to his talk. We assembled in that room and watched as Ahmadinejad was greeted with applause by many of the delegates. When he began to speak
the OIC states intervened to couple anti-Semitism with the phrase ‘racist practices of Zionism
one of the Islamic delegates—usually Egypt—intervened to change ‘Holocaust’ to ‘holocausts.’ Adding insult to injury
UN High Commissioner Mary Robinson - in a dramatic act of identification with the Jews vilified in the pamphlet - declared ""I am a Jew"" at an NGO dinner there Wednesday night.”
but it continued to animate U.N. actions
it did so in tepid terms compared to its treatment of Israel. The General Assembly simply noted “with great concern that the armed conflict in Kampuchea [Cambodia] and is seriously threatening the peace and stability of South-East Asia.” In...